one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
having a good atmosphere; atmospheric; romantic
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
chocolate bar; bar of chocolate
to get high; to become inebriated
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
right beside; close to; nearby
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
at a loss for words; stumped for words
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
means; way; method; measure
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
instability; insecurity; crankiness
without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation